Event Name: MS6
Event Code : ACS-ZMØØ5-4
Trade Name: InVigor™ Maize
Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn
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Developer:
Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Electroporation
GM Trait
s
:
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance
,
Male sterility
,
Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Pollination control system
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
bar * | Streptomyces hygroscopicus | phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme | eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation |
barnase | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens | barnase ribonuclease (RNAse) enzyme | causes male sterility by interfering with RNA production in the tapetum cells of the anther |
bla * | Escherichia coli | beta lactamase enzyme | detoxifies beta lactam antibiotics such as ampicillin |
* : Selection Marker/Reporter
Summary of Regulatory Approvals: Country, Year and Type of Approval
Country | Food direct use or processing |
Feed direct use or processing |
Cultivation domestic or non-domestic use |
United States |
Last updated: September 12, 2019
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
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Last updated: May 6, 2013